1. Home-buyers take risk with low mortgage rates
Many Canadians are taking on extended terms with no down payment at low variable rates. But what will happen when rates inevitably rise?
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2. CTV proposes TV shakeup
Canada's big television networks and the cable industry have fought a bitter war against each other in recent months, but the two sides came under attack from a common enemy Monday - Konrad von Finckenstein.
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3. Manulife: What analysts say
Manulife Financial Corp. shares sink on the Toronto Stock Exchange, a day after Canada's biggest insurance company announced it sold $2.5-billion more in stock to boost capital levels.
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4. IMF head eyes currency change
The imperative of greater global currency stability means the world can no longer rely, as it has done since the end of the gold standard, on a currency issued by a single country, the head of the IMF said on Tuesday.
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5. Obama warns of double-dip slump
U.S. President Barack Obama gave his sternest warning yet about the need to contain rising U.S. deficits, saying on Wednesday that if government debt were to pile up too much, it could lead to a double-dip recession.
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